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| Sunset Marsh - studio piece Sold |
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| Sunset I - a demonstration |
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| Sunset II - a demonstration |
Over the past couple of weeks, I've done two demonstrations. The first was for the Batavia Society of Artists and the second was for the Penfield Art Association.
In both demos, I used the same reference material. The references I used were photos, sketches, on-site observation and an actual painting of an area that's fairly close to where I live. I visit and photograph the scene often, in a variety of weather conditions. I really like the scene, but it's along a roadway and isn't the kind of spot where I would just set up and paint on site.
Anyway, I was pretty interested to see all three paintings right next to each other for comparison. I think both are decent, especially in light of how quickly I painted the demo pieces (about one hour each), plus the fact that I was talking and explaining what I was doing at the same time. I may try to refine them and come up with a more complete painting, but maybe not. I really like the looseness of each one of the demos compared with the studio painting although I see some things that would improve both of them. We'll see.
